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What's the difference between neo-Nazi hugger, and forwarder of white supremacist e-mail, state Senator Russell Pearce and Gov. Janet Napolitano on immigration? Well, to judge by this CNN excerpt from Nappy's DHS confirmation hearings yesterday, I'd say, not much. A lot's being made in the national press concerning Napolitano's "shift" in focus, promising to bust employers of illegal aliens for a change. But that doesn't mean she won't be parading illegal immigrants through ICE gauntlets in shackles, as was done in the now infamous Postville, Iowa raid in 2008.

Indeed, when the Napster states that there should be enforcement on "the demand side as well as the supply side," and that what draws Mexican immigrants across the Southern border is "the prospect of a job," she is echoing the constant refrain of state Sen. Pearce, the most notorious of Arizona's nativist politicians. Take this excerpt from a PBS Newshour segment broadcast in June, for which Pearce is interviewed about the new employer sanctions law, which was his baby:

JEFFREY KAYE: One in 10 Arizona workers is believed to
be an illegal immigrant, double the national share, so Pearce decided
to aim for the magnet: jobs.

RUSSELL PEARCE: Just like Disneyland
or any other theme park learned a long time ago, if you want the crowd
to go home, you've got to shut down the rides, turn off the lights.

JEFFREY KAYE: Last year, Pearce wrote a controversial law that penalizes employers who hire illegal immigrants.

RUSSELL PEARCE: We passed a good bill, in fact, considered the toughest bill in the nation.

Napolitano signed Pearce's bill into law. And in her U.S. Senate
confirmation, she is hardly apologetic about not vetoing this
legislation, which has been so harmful to the state's economy.

"I
signed the nation's strongest employer sanctions bill when I was
governor," she told the Senators, neglecting the fact that she still is
governor, "in part because of my belief that you have to get at the
employer side as well as the employee side."

So there you go. No
concern for the human rights of those coming here for work. No worry
over the families torn apart as thugs like Sheriff Joe Arpaio raid
candlemaking factories and water parks to arrest people guilty of no
more than trying to provide for their familes.

Some Dems have
deluded themselves into thinking that Nappy's new role as head of DHS
will mean that undocumented migrants will somehow be cut some slack.
Don't bet on it, if it's up to the Napster alone. Because on
immigration, she stands shoulder pad to shoulder with racist
knuckledragger Russell Pearce.